Title & Author:

The Buddhist monastery : a cross-cultural survey / edited by Pierre Pichard and François Lagirarde.

Publication:

Paris : École française d'extrême-orient, 2003.

Description:

442 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Series:

Études thématiques, 1269-8067 ; 12

Notes:
Based on presentations at a workshop at the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, Bangkok, Nov. 8-10, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references.
Indian Buddhist monasteries / Pierre Pichard -- The Buddhist monastic architectural tradition of Sri Lanka / Ashley de Vos -- Ancient Burmese monasteries / Pierre Pichard -- The monastic unity: a contemporary Burmese artefact? / François Robinne -- The Thai monastery / Pierre Pichard -- Monastic architecture in Northeastern Thailand / Thada Sutthitham -- Isan sims: ordination halls in Northeast Thailand / Wiroj Srisuro -- Devotional diversification in Thai monasteries: the worship of the Fat Monk / François Lagirarde -- A new phenomenon in thai monasteries: the stūpa-museum / Louis Gabaude -- The earliest Lao Buddhist monasteries according to philological and epigraphic sources / Michel Lorillard -- Yaśovarman's āśrama in Angkor / Christopher Pottier -- About Khmer monasteries: organization and symbolism / Olivier de Bernon -- Hiraṇyavarṇa Mahāvihāra: a unique Newar Buddhist monastery / Min Bahadur Shakya -- The monasteries in Dolpo, North-West Nepal. From the Monastery to the Village Temple: a historical perspective / Corneille Jest -- Dzongs and Gompas in Bhutan / Karma Wangchuk -- Buddhist monasteries in Tibet / Françoise Pommaret -- The physical Buddhist monastery in China / Isabelle Charleux and Vincent Goossaert -- Buddhist monasteries in Southern Mongolia (China) / Isabelle Charleux -- Buddhist monasteries in Korea / Dong-Uk Kim -- The formation and evolution of Buddhist monasteries in Japan / Hiraoka Jokaī.

Summary:

This volume is a comparative survey of the Buddhist monastery throughout Asia. It includes field surveys, historical aspects and the compilation of bibliographies.

ISBN:

2855396263 (paperback)
9782855396262 (paperback)

Subject:

Buddhist monasteries Congresses.
Buddhist architecture Congresses.
Buddhist monasteries.
Monastères bouddhiques.
Monastères bouddhiques Congrès.
Architecture bouddhique Congrès.
11.93 Buddhism.
Buddhist architecture
Buddhismus
Kloster
Monasteries.
Monasticism.
Asia.
Asian buddhist monasteries

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Conference publications.
Conference papers and proceedings
Congresses (form)

Added entries:

Pichard, Pierre.
Lagirarde, F. (François)
Sūn Manutsayawitthayā Sirinthō̜n (Thailand)
Études thématiques ; 12.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259713
Call No.: BIB 190630
Status: Available